NAME: RubyCOUNTY:OkanoganROADS:2WDGRID:1CLIMATE: Cool
winter and summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS:Just off S.R.182. REMAINS: Not
much.

Otherwise know as the Babylon of
the West, Ruby was as wide open as any mining camp in the
West. It was a raw-edged town with little regard for law and
order. Rubys heyday as a silver mining town was in the
1890s. Situated in a narrow valley between steep mountain slopes,
heavy winter snows created frequent avalanches that buried buildings
and people. Ruby has been completely ravaged by time, fire and
vandalism. No building remains in the lusty, boisterous town.
Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.